A Boy Drank His Mom's Essential Oils. This Is What Happened To His Brain.

[@chubbyemu]

the mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell

[@hiroshi7025]

I am the power of my powerhouse.

[@ghostbusteez]

daily reminder: -emia meaning presence in blood edit: what the hell. this is the most likes I've ever gotten. ty everyone :)

[@grumpo4369]

Trye

[@jonathanielpringlemaniii]

industrials

[@taotaoliu2229]

Unessential oil

[@MrPuncher]

children when you feed them: 🤢 children when they encounter a highly toxic and corrosive, foul-tasting liquid: 😋

[@blackbox8490]

why is this so true?

[@loftyradish6972]

Apparently Wintergreen oil doesn't have a strong flavour. I was thinking the same thing but another person commented about it.

[@dimplesd8931]

Preach!

[@PanjiAditya90]

So dunmer children is equally stupid to human children? Interesting.

[@llawliet776]

Child was dumb but mother was dumber.

[@ChefSalad]

In the beginning, when you said there was a three-year-old and the mom was into essential oils, I knew immediately that it was wintergreen poisoning. People don't know that wintergreen (as in the flavor) is essentially aspirin, and pure wintergreen oil (methyl salicylate, really) doesn't taste nearly as strong as you would expect. In fact, it doesn't taste much more wintergreeny than a wintergreen gumdrop does, even fully concentrated. This makes it extra dangerous, since it never tastes like too much. It's totally different than menthol (aka peppermint oil, basically) which tastes like concentrated minty ice with fire and burning. I feel like this should be something we teach people. And, yes, methyl salicylate is (a/the) flavoring that wintergreen candies and gum use (there are others, but the original is still fairly common). They're flavored with aspirin. It doesn't take much to give you the flavor, but adding more doesn't increase the flavor anything like what you'd expect, which is a big part of the danger. You can't tell how much you've gotten by taste, and the pure flavor doesn't taste particularly bad by itself, which is a bad combo when kids get into it.

[@zebraloverbridget]

Thank you for explaining this! I was very confused how/ why the kid would drink something that tasted horrible since other essential oils are not something you'd want to drink. Even kids won't drink stuff that tastes bad making it hard to accidentally swallow a bottle of other essential oils.

[@cycoholic]

This needs to be pinned. 👍

[@FSMonster]

Aspirin for flavouring? Poison in everything FFS

[@magnusdagbro8226]

@@FSMonster everything is a poison. What matters is the dose.

[@spicywolf6718]

Makes it quite similar to Eucalyptus oil in that case, you really wouldn't notice the difference between eating Aussie Drops - Eucalyptus (stronger flavour) and sipping a bottle of 100% on flavour alone. And I'll be the first to admit to accidental ingestion of 100% from cross contamination. For something that's used all across the country as a cleaning product I was pretty amazed at just how little it takes to ruin your day, and the difference between a non fatal dose and fatal dose is equally small. After what I experienced - both physically and mentally I'm pretty glad that I wasn't consciousness for the latter part of the ordeal. But before I lost consciousness I was told I appeared heavily intoxicated, slurred speech, inability to walk/stand without assistance. What was going on in my head was a lot worse.

[@drewdanaceau8844]

Honestly, that kid vomiting after drinking those essential oils might have just saved his life. If that entire bottle had stayed in his system, he could’ve easily died, even with medical intervention.

[@CharlesReedPi]

Yep, easily vomiting is the bodies self panacea

[@aynazadam6]

I remember my grandma telling me that just because you can put it on your skin doesn't mean you can eat it, she also told me the exact opposite when it comes to vegetables and fruits. figs are delicious, but put them on your skin for too long and you will get chemical burns and loss of sensation

[@antimatterbee9331]

Your grandma is one smart lady. 👍

[@Younce_Davies]

Really! I had no idea!

[@sophiedowney1077]

Squash is a great example. I love squash, but I once cut a butternut squash and got this crazy contact dermatitis. Apparently this is pretty common. I could feel my skin shrinking on my hands. And it was only on the hand that was holding the squash. I wear gloves for squash now.

[@nc737]

Is the fig thing true?

[@batacumba]

@@nc737yeah but it appears to be the fig sap specifically that causes it. So don’t get the sap on you. It can cause photodermatitis similar to how citrus can cause chemical burns if you have it on your skin and get exposed to the sun.

[@RoanokeGaming]

I feel like you need to regard these things like any other medicine when you have children around. They get into any and EVERYTHING

[@georgejones3526]

Essential oils are not medicine.

[@Rift2123]

Really enjoyed your starship trooper recent episode

[@whoathatsalotofdamage3718]

Yo fellow roanoker!

[@RoanokeGaming]

@@Rift2123 Glad you enjoyed it bro!

[@RoanokeGaming]

@@georgejones3526 I said they need to be regarded as such in terms of how they can absolutely shrek your body if ingested. Sort of like how taking 66 asprin or an entire container of flintstone vitamins is not a good idea either

[@dsofe4879]

Crazy, my baby brother drank wintergreen oil about 20 years ago. My parents noticed immediately and rushed him to the hospital where he got his stomach pumped and luckily was completely fine, but I had never considered just how much of a close call that was.

[@chubbyemu]

thanks for sharing. glad he was OK. the longer it's in the body, the more complicated things become

[@joelspaulding5964]

Methyl salicylate, in large quantities, don't play.

[@saps2007]

@@chubbyemu This reminds me of "The longer the Icon of Sin is on earth, the stronger it will become".

[@jordangramer2145]

@@saps2007 🔥🔥

[@yommoM]

he was able to make a full recovery

[@DuckHouse1]

I'm surprised he drank a whole bottle of wintergreen. As a toddler my son ate IcyHot (also salicylate) and I knew immediately because he was screaming (on account of the menthol). I took him to the hospital and they considered giving him charcoal, but they just observed him for a while. The doctor said that he almost certainly spit the IcyHot out and likely didn't swallow it. He was fine. I still don't know how he got the IcyHot. Toddlers, man.

[@a.s.h-]

istg toddlers will find everything no matter how hard you try

[@subtledemisefox]

My daughter did something similar when she was a toddler. I put some IcyHot on my bad back and a few hours later we were playing and she suddenly started crying and screaming because there was still residue on my back and she somehow got it into her eyes or nose or something. Thankfully it was such a trace amount that we didn't have to sit and try to wash it out or take a trip to the ER to have it professionally flushed. It passed within a minute or so.

[@raptor2265]

It's insane how you literally have to watch toddlers 24/7 or else, in the split second that you look away, they end up doing something utterly absurd that could kill them. "Huh, this stuff smells and tastes terrible! I better drink this whole bottle of rat poison!" How on earth did we survive this long as a species...

[@slickl9608]

You're able to walk this fine line of meme culture and actual advise that educates people about the body. Amazing

[@MartinFinnerup]

This is the key to a great educator. Not the memes per se, but the ability to "be human", and achieve a connection to your viewer or student, in order to facilitate learning. Memes just happen to work quite well for some people. XD

[@Mayakran]

Right, I was just about to make a comment about that but you beat me to it (and said it with much more eloquence).

[@aleka..]

@@MartinFinnerup insinuating some educators/scintists/drs? are not human 🤔 can you... not? that idea is in the core of every anti- intellectualism strain out there. and humanity doesn't need reinforcement of that trope... While it's ofc hugely beneficial to explain things clearly and in engaging way, not everyone has the skill and it's... somewhat fine. We wouldn't have enough people to teach if we expected highest levels only. We should be encouraging students/public to be more intellectually engaged and curious as well, regardless of how fun the material is. Some science things are complex and hopelessly boring. I know you didn't think anything bad by it, _intentionally_ and I hope you get what I mean... (nnes, hopefully I didn't mess up with grammar or something, too much)

[@dr.coomer789]

@@aleka.. i don’t believe in science

[@neetard7360]

@@aleka.. re fucking lax dude, guy never actually said intellectuals weren't human nor did they imply any of what you claim they did. Quit taking it so personally & calm tf down

[@KhAnubis]

Everybody gangster until Dr. Bernard ends a sentence with “… they thought”

[@tswdev]

"or so ... they thought"

[@Black-Dawg-Jesus]

"... made A recovery."

[@orctrihar]

@@Black-Dawg-Jesus That the worst.. I mean there the not recovered option.

[@austincde]

"be well." (menacingly)

[@TheDVDwr]

His “… they thought” is equivalent of Vsauce "... or is it?"

[@justcallmelab7231]

This video was phenomenal, not only does it say "here's what happened, and here is how it ended" but it also says why it's happening and give examples and reasoning for all of it. Truly one of your best videos.

[@datura_boof]

Wut

[@Shankovich]

Literally all his videos do this

[@harrisonlorens3585]

@@Shankovich lmao that’s what I was thinking

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

Sounds like someone saying this video is great. It has a middle, but also a start, and guess what? An end!

[@itsgonnabeanaurfromme]

When you're trying to meet the minimum word requirement in your essay.

[@triv4555]

I _literally_ took a sigh of relief when I heard "full recovery", thank goodness. I'm glad the poor boy wasn't hurt 🥺

[@welpeee]

Thanks for the spoilers

[@triv4555]

@@welpeee Not sure why you decided to go to the comments before watching/finishing the video but uh, you’re welcome 🙂

[@MsOkayAwesome]

I came to the comments because I didn't want to watch it if he wasn't ok! 😆 So actually thanks for the spoilers, appreciate it!

[@triv4555]

@@MsOkayAwesome you're welcome lol ♥

[@kateb.4600]

@@welpeee listen, I come to the comments *for* the spoilers on days that I don't want to hear about a patient dying.

[@bluebethlehem]

When I was 5 years old my little brother who was 3 years old at the time drank floor wax. I remember seeing him holding the bottle with the cap off. He was blue around his mouth. I took the bottle from him and ran to our Mom. I told our Mom what happened. The ambulance rushed my brother to the ER. He got his stomach pumped. He made a full recovery.

[@xxyy1318]

He owes you! Good job sis!

[@xenostim]

By saving his life you forever earned the sibling right to both make fun of him afterwards as well as hold it over his head to acquire things like the window seat or the last twizzler.

[@exantiuse497]

My little brother tried to eat my grandpa's heart meds when we were children (he had left them beside his bed, irresponsibly), we found him with his clothes stained with the contents of the capsules. He was taken to hospital for the night but didn't develop any symptoms. The drug tasted so bad he presumably spat it right out, luckily so as he very well may have died if he didn't, IIRC it was some real toxic anti-arrhytmic drug

[@ItsMe-ic7on]

Well that's better than quote unquote a recovery

[@mkultraviolenc3]

Oh Jesus, how terrifying.

[@greentails150]

My favourite thing about being a healthcare student is that the moment I heard rapid breathing and fever my mind snapped to acidosis. I love watching these videos because it reminds me how much I’m actually learning

[@WiscoKnight0806]

Keep it up, we need more healers in the world.

[@jasonpollard5889]

I’m in a similar situation, I want to go to medical school after I graduate with my chemical engineering degree, and I recognized the terminology when it came to acids and the inability to flush the acid out once it bonded with the hydrogen ions… it’s cool recognizing what’s actually taking place!

[@goddamn3880]

@@jasonpollard5889 Is this possible with a chemical engineering degree? I'm also currently undertaking a chemical engineering course

[@jasonpollard5889]

@@goddamn3880 yeah! My friend’s dad was an engineer and he’s a radiologist, and one of my other friend’s stepdad got his Chemical engineering degree and he’s now a doctor! They’ve told me that they like engineering students for medicine because they know that you can solve problems and have good work ethic!

[@greentails150]

@@WiscoKnight0806 I unfortunately don't think I'd be suited for the actual healing, at least right now. I've settled for medical record keeping which my mother, a nurse and the reason I think I grew to love healthcare, says is vital to how most hospitals and healthcare systems work these days. A lot of paperwork in my career but I am required to understand how the body and disease work so who knows where I'll go from there?

[@Waspinmymind]

Remember to contact poison control. Little children put everything in their mouth. And don’t know the difference between candy and poison.

[@pvic6959]

honestly. even as an adult some oils and non edible things just smell sooo good i want to eat them lol. but the difference is, I know better

[@NotHPotter]

Pets too!

[@oldtimergaming9514]

Well, since candy, mainly sugar is also a poison it just takes a few decades to ruin your body.

[@monke6912]

@@oldtimergaming9514 you guys are stupid, poison dosent exsist but poisoning amaunt

[@Waspinmymind]

@@oldtimergaming9514 That isn’t really comparable? If drink enough water it can also kill you. Are brains are made of many things one of those being sugar. Completely avoiding sugar can also kill you. The dose makes the poison here. If you ever feel like avoiding‘dangerous’ foods maybe seek a doctor. That’s usually a sigh of a Ed or disorder eating in general.

[@JDsVarietyChannel]

Recently, I had hives on over half of my body, and was so itchy I wanted to scrape all the skin off my body. After it happened a 2nd time, I was able to narrow it down to a soap I used when visiting my parents house. My mom mixed a scent free soap with a lot of cinnamon oil. I'm very allergic to the cinnamon oil. Each time I had to do multiple rounds of Benadryl for 2-3 days. Thankfully I made a full recovery. ;-)

[@madeliner1682]

Why the hell would you go out of your way to put your child's allergen in your soap? Unless you literally never go to her house that doesn't make any sense to do nvm I'm dumb it was probably an undiscovered allergy -_- to be fair, my mom is also allergic to cinnamon so sometimes I forget it isn't common

[@SaltWaterDrums]

A person used cinnamon-tainted soap. This is what happened to their skin.

[@KvisTwig]

looking through some soap making videos on youtube, cinnamon is NOT supposed to go in soaps anyways 💀 The "how to cook that" lady did some debunking on that I think?

[@AurickLeru]

"BB was able to make a full recovery" Never was I more glad to hear him say that line at the end.

[@kumquatery]

Waited 13min for that relief.

[@Legohaiden]

Ikr!! I thought the poor boy was going to die towards the end. I cannot STAND parents like this.. My child when he was 1-4 never left my sight... This shit only happens when you let children be second in your life.

[@Latedozer]

It would've been awful if there was only A recovery. Wonder if the mother is doing better as well, though.

[@gustafandersson237]

Hmm, my child is vomiting and my essential oil jars are empty and tipped over. Was probably the wind or something.

[@Legohaiden]

@@gustafandersson237 Like a Skyrim NPC who took an arrow in the Eyeball

[@WorthyMissJ]

Honestly, it's VERY simple. NEVER ingest ANY essential oils! My husband died in 2014 of diabetic complications during a bout of flu. He was an organ and tissue donor and, when the transplant team op5him up to retrieve his liver, they found it completely saturated by oils that he had been ingesting (2 drops at a time, every morning in a protien shake) over the course of the previous 18 months! His official cause of death is listed as being 2 things: diabetic ketoacidosis and extreme liver malfunction. He was 32. Think about it and really research what you are putting into your body BEFORE you put it in your mouth!

[@babigirl9111]

Woah! I am so sorry for your loss. Which oils was your husband ingesting? I’ve never heard of drinking essential oil for health reason

[@ahtoshkaa]

@@babigirl9111 damn, my mom fools around with that shit from time to time. I'll have to ask her whether she injests any of it.

[@Bestname_Ever]

@@ahtoshkaa hopefully she did not ingest those oils. i witnessed some dumbass touched NaHO solution in the school lab and literally burned his hand cuz its a hot exothermic solution. never play bullshits against chemicals of any kind, or its going to be a painful experience. edit: im not sure its the lye solution with water or maybe its something else but i remember he yank his hand out and we had to call an ambulance while we drenched his hand in water. maybe its just pure acid and he's that dumb. never contact him after highschool tho. the guy just .. special?

[@Crazmuss]

But those are aromatics, why would you drink aromatics? However it is hard to believe that liver was completely saturated by essential oils, could he also be an alcoholic?

[@half.blight]

n-word

[@thejungwookim]

Essential oils are now officially added to the ChubbyEmu canon.

[@JQ3B94]

There is a cannon?

[@tommeng6522]

Can't wait to have my essential oil spiked lava lamp fluid with my gas station silica gel sushi

[@SimpleSaemple]

Gas station essential oils?

[@filipmazic5486]

We also have a new experiment, mixing baking soda and vinegar!

[@chrisb9143]

@@tommeng6522 "Karen did not have soy sauce for her month old gas station sushi she left on the table. She decided to use her essential oils instead. 'it is good for my health anyway' she thought. After eating her meal, she drank 6 cans of energy drink to help it go down, because she started to have stomach cramps."

[@X3N0TiC]

Dude it's seriously impressive how you can put such complex bodily processes into layman's terms. Great content!

[@gardnergoatshoe4385]

fr bruh i have 8 yrs of education and he breaks all the terms down perfectly so beginners know wats up

[@Veladus]

If there's one thing this channel has taught me, it's that biochem is way over my head

[@threecheeseburrito]

It's said that smart people can dumb down phrases for others to understand it better, but intelligent people can explain things so that others feel more intelligent while understanding it. I feel like ChubbyEmu fits the latter (intelligent). 😊

[@poodypooroo]

lay meaning to sex, emania meaning dude in blood

[@mikesanders8621]

Y'all aren't the brightest, are you?

[@5roundsrapid263]

I accidentally drank humidifier fluid when I was a toddler. My mother called the poison control center, and they told her it was mostly ethanol with a bit of menthol. I was hammered, but I ended up OK. 😄

[@ashleyking8851]

Yoooo i want a glass of pine fresh

[@GattToDaChoppa]

XD

[@trufflecookie3727]

sheesh.

[@tizanikandothers]

Hehe when I was a dumb baby I drunk a little bottle of soap

[@Chibinium]

Menthol, not to be confused with methanol! THAT one will hurt you

[@randomvintagemap160]

I am incredibly impressed that the child managed to make a full recovery from that.

[@toddmatteson183]

I was legitimately on the edge of my seat waiting on a single word

[@lunchbox1553]

I cheated, I went and saw your comment before the end of the video :(

[@mathilde1212]

@@lunchbox1553 its not cheating

[@lunchbox1553]

@@mathilde1212 It feels like I'm ruining the script of the video. Like why build up the suspense like that if heretics like me are just going to go and ruin it for themselves.

[@MusParvulus]

@@lunchbox1553 You and me both, we accidentally ran into a 'spoiler' :)

[@deerjuices772]

This one is extra scary to me considering the fact that when I was a kid my parents got on the essential oils kick and often times drank them/took pills of them/forced me to drink them and take pills of them. People should absolutely be informed about how dangerous they can be because everything that's seen as "natural" for some reason is always seen as "safe".

[@karaoconnoraliasraidra]

Mike Rowe had a great rebuttal to the “Natural equals safe!” thing on an episode of Dirty Jobs involving charcoal. Someone was nonchalant about all the charcoal dust in the air because “It’s natural!” and Mike replied something like, “Sharks are natural! Hurricanes are natural!”

[@dreamingnight13]

@@karaoconnoraliasraidra cyanide occurs naturally too

[@r34per14]

@@dreamingnight13 gamma ray bursts are natural too but they can easily sterilize an entire planet

[@62halee]

Deer Juices Great point! Some a$$ of a pharmacy sold peppermint oil without stating it was an essential oil. I had it in my food cupboard forever until one day I added it to my tea. That single drop spread like gasoline on the surface of the drink. Toxic like hell!

[@vickieevans2600]

Holy crap

[@redblade8160]

I went into a health food store and I asked the pharmacist, “have you got any peppermint tea” and he said no, “but you can put peppermint essential oil into ordinary tea to give it that flavour” - I told him what I thought of him for giving such advice...

[@mariejuana2993]

Good for you. I hope he listened to you, you could have just saved how many lives.

[@jadeitetellurian]

why not ask an employee that would know where the tea is? pharmacists (in my experience and opinion) don't recommend anything they don't know about, especially essential oils and especially when they paid to go to college to specialize in pharmaceuticals

[@JessieHTX]

@@jadeitetellurian They probably weren’t a real pharmacist. Some of those “health food” stores are dicey. Self proclaimed nutritionists/dietitians/pharmacists/doctors.

[@loryndabenson2118]

Maybe he meant peppermint extract cuz wtf????

[@tobyholden9300]

Wouldn't it make more sense fore him to tell you to buy fresh peppermint and grind it up and make loose leaf tea?

[@KyaKramer]

Listening to the Chubbyemu videos over the past number of years is what convinced me to go back to school for biochemistry with hopes of becoming a toxicologist. I only wish there were more videos a month, but these videos must take a ton of time and effort to make. I really appreciate the links to all the related literature.

[@Fitten06]

This is so great to hear! I love seeing the content creators I think are bad-ass inspiring others. Best wishes!

[@williaml.6922]

@Katherine Kramer: This is quite inspiring to read; I wish you the best on your journey.

[@LunaLuminary]

Good luck on your journey to become a toxicologist! :)

[@josie3221]

my dad’s a toxicologist! i hope you enjoy it 😃

[@thaloblue]

That’s amazing I wish you the best.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

This channel offers you a monthly dose of medical knowledge that may help you save some lives in the future.

[@Portal2Fan1234]

True

[@naweka4319]

why the fuck are you everywhere bro what is your sleep schedule like how do you even

[@wyv3rn1]

Reading this comment all I can think about is someone seeing someone having a life threatening reaction to something and their friend, instead of calling an ambulance, jumps onto KZbin to watch chubbyemus videos

[@mmmfun77]

So true

[@Portal2Fan1234]

@@naweka4319 ?

[@sloggerz9805]

It's incredible that the child was able to make a full recovery thanks to the hospital, I really thought they weren't gonna make it

[@AxxLAfriku]

GAGAGAGAGAGA!!! I want to cut my toenails... NEVER! I am the feet KZbinr. Thanks for being a fan, dear slo

[@mfaizsyahmi]

I think this is a fictionalized story, but based on similar real cases. Those other cases might not had had a full recovery.

[@bomberharris9322]

@@mfaizsyahmi Iirc they're all case studies, the names are altered for anonymity but everything else should be intact.

[@mimisezlol]

Kids are weirdly good at bouncing back.

[@secluse]

@@mfaizsyahmi @BomberHarris not only are these real published case studies the reason why he names patients by initials, is that is how a patient from a case study is referred to protect their identity when their case is published in a medical journal. It's common practice whenever there is data needs to be shared for reasons outside of patient care. Like my team needed to turn our program stats in regularly for statewide tracking and outcomes stats we had systems on how to initial everyone, even down to weird possibilities like identical initials. Part of what makes CE so good is that he is nerdy to the extent he can do dramatic re enactments of research articles and make them entertaining. All med journal lit is equally heavy and dry since very careful and techinical language is needed. Even riveting papers can wear me out from the tedium.

[@thenightranger4253]

This is the first time ive ever seen a mother not connect the dots immediately, when she seen the bottle toppled over. Like i have a nephew and if i seen a bottle of anything empty on a reachable surface for kids i would instantly go to the kid and take them to emerge while calling posion control.

[@KAWASAKlBLAZIN]

Right I was like she’s dumb asf for that

[@TatsumiOga682]

She probably knew what was up, but was in denial because it's her fault that the kid was able to open it and is in this condition

[@ericjohnson6634]

My thought exactly. Did she really think the bottles spontaneously fell, or that she somehow knocked them over without realizing? How did she not run immediately to her child and smell his breath?

[@IndrasChildDeepAsleep]

My mom was an aromatherapist when I was a kid. She told me, ever since I could crawl, not to touch the oils, or to drink them- especially not the wintergreen. It probably saved my life, because I was able to open 'child safety' caps by four. Luckily I was also a smart kid, never just "took" anything irresponsibly. But my brother? I'm very glad that my mom hid the oils from him because Idk if he would've made it man

[@ShrinkRai]

Lol, glad ur brother is okay.

[@reefread1234]

emotional damage

[@joseph5166]

Uhhh… so that means she bothered to hide them from your brother, but when you were crawling around she basically just left them sitting around and used the honor system with your infant self? Lol

[@i_Ambrose]

@@joseph5166 she learned

[@Smithor]

It's pretty normal, kids have personalities the same way adults do. My sister would always try and sneak out to the kitchen when everyone was sleeping (she wanted to cook, but baby idea of cooking was covering the stove in flour and turning on all the elements), while I had one time and then never did it again once I learned kitchen things hot. Same there, some kids listen, others decide tide pods sound like a fun thing to try.

[@00kidney]

I really love how Dr.Bernard explains the what cause leads to what effect in a simple yet entertaining way! Loved this video!

[@abrahamlincoln9758]

infoemia presence of imformation in blood

[@ninakore]

Hi verified

[@miletech]

It's awesome it's like real-life Dr. House! I get really involved in the emotional rollercoaster of all of these vids and the layman biochemistry without even realising it, so much better than T.V! 🤷‍♂

[@Shadowkid10271]

@@kali6651 He's still a doctor

[@patros25]

@@kali6651 As long as he doesn't ☝️ present to the emergency room he's fine

[@RobinTheBot]

A solution for arthritic people: They make lids that require a small magnet to open. They're kind of expensive but you can put that magnet on a ring and presto! A magic bottle that only moms can open.

[@iagas9]

I came to the comments to see if anyone had any solutions for this because it seems like this sort of accident could be pretty common

[@amyk6869]

yeah, my parents used magnetic locks to childproof cabinets when i was a kid. they kept the key magnet on top of the fridge, well out of my reach ironically, i struggle a lot more with the push and twist caps now than i did was a kid (older than BB, but still single digits), so it's always good to know the full gamut of options out there in case i need to childproof

[@nmxsanchez]

Hey that's really cool and useful. I'll remember this for the future. Thanks!

[@s.tar.lin.g]

@Bill Courtney obviously in most cases essential oils are not a substitute for normal medication at all, but that doesn't mean they're useless - like in the video, as he said, wintergreen oil has the same active ingredient as over-the-counter topical medications, so the wintergreen oil served the same purpose in that case

[@5roundsrapid263]

@Bill Courtney They actually are good solvents, especially for cleaning. They’re not totally useless.

[@higherresolution4490]

That was definitely a cliff-hanger! Thank heavens he had a full recovery. From watching this channel, I have an incredible respect for emergency room doctors.

[@Scoopski_Potato]

PS I love how intense this dude is. We are all invested in his eyebrows’ every nuance.

[@dianeluke1746]

Don’t forget the hand gestures….

[@GrammarSplaining]

Starting around 11:31 was a freaking nightmare.

[@dog61]

The intensity is ramped up at 8k resolution.

[@GrammarSplaining]

@@dog61 ☠😱

[@cowboydoggo6168]

@@dog61 I’m personally more of a 144 man myself

[@fyoozhn]

always love to hear "he was able to make a full recovery"

[@vulblhotdiessfi]

damn no funeral? tsk tsk

[@just_chilling4396]

"He made *a* recovery"

[@poggerzayedshaikhandroblox4024]

@@just_chilling4396 *made.*

[@vulblhotdiessfi]

@@just_chilling4396 he did not make a recovery

[@Qaptyl]

more interesting when they die because it is more rare

[@Lovuschka]

I love how you explain everything in detail, so we all can feel like medical experts for five minutes.

[@AxxLAfriku]

HELLO!!! I want to spend time with celebrities. Just kidding. GAGAGAGAGA! I only want to spend time with my two girlfriends and record videos for KZbin with the 3 of us. OH YEAH. Don't hate me for living the best life, dear lo

[@_EggsBenedict]

@@AxxLAfriku I spend time with your mum.

[@clownavenger0]

these videos have helped me a bit in nursing school. Some topics brought up in class are more like review to me.

[@GooseCrack]

@@kali6651 yeah we know

[@SonLe-mk4sq]

@@kali6651 lmao why are you so worked up about it?

[@elishaargo3707]

I absolutely love this channel. I am a toxicology veterinary technician who works with poison control. I wish every day they had a site with a video section like this for veterinary cases

[@anocow]

*“There will be no problem.” She thought. But there was a problem.* Literally every Chubbyemu video.

[@chrisb9143]

@@radiiiiiiiiiiii men have an ultimate advantage over women in these situation : *we don't think*

[@laniejuanitawhitehurst1624]

Glucosamine and Chondroitin is a good arthritis treatment

[@Xiroxys]

"... and BB was able to make a ... full recovery." The slight pause nearly gave me a heart attack it was packed with so much tension.

[@Lethe69]

Same. I had such a foreboding vibe the whole video, I was truly expecting BB to not make it.

[@marshmallowmountains4636]

My dad started giving me essential oils in little capsules, but I only took one once to appease him. It made my stomach hurt, so when he gave me it again I just kept throwing it away. Eventually he learned he was literally giving me poison and told me. He was so apologetic. He was happy to hear that I only took it the one time and threw the rest away, lol.

[@chelsea5389]

but why tho

[@niaram]

@@chelsea5389 i was given essential oil capsules for anxiety once. sometimes parents try things to help

[@Sceptonic]

@@niaram I feel sorry for you having parents like those

[@niaram]

@@Sceptonic don’t. they weren’t anti-meds or anything, they were just trying to have some extra things to possibly help. they normally do calm me down. it wasn’t in a “ur depressed? smell this and you’ll be fine” way

[@Sceptonic]

@@niaram the smell of essential oils calmed you down or eating it in a capsule

[@MrTkehrley]

When I was 2 (in 1987) I drank approximately 2 tablespoons of wintergreen oil after sneaking into a room at my grandparent's house. I stopped responding twice on the way to the hospital. After the same treatment that was featured here, I recovered. I have had alot of gastrointestinal issues throughout my life as a result, though.

[@M084MM3D]

💀

[@MelB868]

Your the same age as my brother I was 7 in 1987

[@naneop2553]

I felt so bad for the mother, hearing him say a full recovery was a huge relief. edit: I’m surprised by how many people think that the mother doesn’t deserve sympathy, It’s quite unsettling.

[@HarryPotter-yc2cr]

It was lure irresponsibility on her end. If the story isn't embellished, she not only left her oils, knowing it was a risk for her son, but then neglectfully didn't investigate for hours after her bottles were tipped over, with no spillage, cause they were consumed, and also didn't know if she forgot about knocking them over herself. She deserved all the heartache for her son who deserved none of the pain and suffering.

[@tuvelat7302]

@@HarryPotter-yc2cr You're not a parent are you? Mama made a mistake, one she will never forgive herself for. A moment of inattention or absentmindedness is all it takes.

[@ghostdagreat]

@@HarryPotter-yc2cr It was purely an accident. To assume accidents won't happen when parenting is ridiculous. Murphy's law, if something can go wrong, it will go wrong, and that seems to always apply with children. She wasn't any worse than most parents, she did everything she could and the fact it happened was just unfortunate. No parent is built to be so hyper vigilant they immediately think to clean everything up when they're going for a, probably what they assumed would be quick, phonecall. Especially when the child is young, recently learned to walk, open things, etc. and the parent may not have so much experience with hiding them every time. Leaving something out and your child getting into it seems to happen at least once in every parents life, but sometimes you're unlucky enough to have it be something toxic. Also, we don't know the full situation, it's likely that since the oils were described as "in a mess", there absolutely was spillage.

[@radonbox6569]

@@ghostdagreat Dude she came back to her bottles knocked over and nothing spilled out. I don't really care for people who try to justify child endangerment

[@ghostdagreat]

@@radonbox6569 we literally don't know if there was nothing spilled out 😐 she said it was a mess. That implies that there was spill. It wouldn't be that weird if she'd accidentally knocked them over getting up.

[@StevenKeel]

The best words in this case was - "BB was ably to make full recovery." Such a relief to hear that.🤗

[@RASD87]

Yay! I was so stressed out I had to know.

[@cheesypancakes8756]

especially the FULL I was expecting death tbh

[@Selly_2007]

Agreed! It was very much a "thank goodness for that!" moment!

[@thefool5460]

Definitely used to coerce people to watch the whole video because we want to know what happened. Nothing wrong with this and almost every book or movie does this as well because what would the fun be. Very smart way to do this.

[@syrenasketches6902]

I had to keep reminding myself to breathe during this video. I was so nervous for the toddler!

[@cssruth]

I've met so many moms who think that natural is equivalent to safe. Arsenic is natural. If you are using natural supplements or oils and you have children, do not used them on children without talking to a licensed medical professional about dose, proper usage, and possible interactions with medications.

[@aaronklinger1939]

Lol I tell people that all the time. Mercury is all natural. And it's one of the most dangerous substances known to man.

[@Outwardpd]

If mommy had just gotten some arthritis meds from a real doctor none of this ever would've happened, people shouldn't try and play doctor in their house.

[@niaram]

@@Outwardpd yeah but it’s not always that simple to actually get medicine and help from doctors. they’ll even tell you to use essential oils at times. also not to bring up how expensive it is to go to the doctors and then be referred to another and then another.

[@Outwardpd]

@@niaram The only EO I have ever heard a doctor recommend is a vapor rub and even that is pretty much never recommended these days. If you have sore muscles they won't recommend icy-hot rubs either. A doctor would never have recommended her to use essential oils for arthritis, especially not concentrated liquid wintergreen, even less so knowing she has a child in the house. I understand going to a doctor in the 'glorious' US can be a struggle. But if you have literal arthritis you can 'splurge' the 30$ to visit a doctor for a referral (if your insurance even requires it) and the 50$ for a specialist visit and then like 10-20$ for the arthritis medication. Prices based off the literal worst insurance policy I've ever had in the US. You'd actually save money in fact, wintergreen is crazy expensive, not to mention her other essential oils. Those things are not cheap for a constant application. This woman played doctor, she needed more knowledge than she possessed. In other words: She fucked around and found out. But her child is the one that paid the price of her attempt to be her own doctor, which is often how it goes.

[@TheGuindo]

@@Outwardpd I'm surprised that the "worst" insurance you've had actually covered office visits before your deductible was met. Most plans these days don't pay a single cent until you've spent enough money to meet the deductible, which is often $3,000 - $5,000 _on the low end._ So you wind up having to spend $3,000 out of pocket before your doctor visits start costing $30 each, and of course your deductible resets every year.

[@geoffreyherrick298]

We might not have House MD anymore, but we have Chubbyemu! This would have made a great episode. Imagine going through the differential diagnosis!

[@catoverlords9560]

Ohhh, the absolute roast House would've rained on the mother 😭 damn, i miss that show

[@SWolfmoon]

I can't imagine how guilty and terrified this mom would have been seeing her kid like this!

[@ruthl.8069]

I know right!? I feel sorry for her ... You don't need to be a cruel, negligent or a horrible parent to cause harm to your child. Children are so bold and at the same time they are so delicate. It's terrifying...

[@graealex]

@@ruthl.8069 This time we can actually feel sorry, as it being essential oils didn't really contribute to the accident, as any household chemical or pill bottle would seem particularly interesting to a small child. And the child is innocent by definition. But to be honest, I feel far less sorry for people that fall victim only to their own stupidity, as are most of the accidents showcased.

[@nathanhyde2079]

Stupid is as stupid does

[@josie3221]

i would feel guilty, but to be fair, this could occur with any sort of cleaner or alcohol.

[@krollpeter]

Lets take it as a stern reminder and warning.

[@amywill9185]

Holy crap you scared me with this one. I thought the little dude was a goner! Thank u. As a former MICU nurse I miss this stuff.

[@liesdamnlies3372]

Working as _anyone_ (doctors, nurses, admin, cleaning staff, the guy who restocks the laundry…) in a NICU sounds like one of the most stressful jobs on the planet.

[@danishamcclendon]

Spoiler

[@amywill9185]

@@liesdamnlies3372 my daughter was in a NICU for 2 months and I swear to you I couldn't do it. She was very sick with NEC but miraculously ( per the Docs that is) she pulled thru and is 34 now and a mom❤

[@dreamwolf7302]

I was glad to hear this was a legitimate case of 'it was an accident' and not similar to cases i have personally dealt with, wherein mommy dearest decided her Young Living Essential Oils were the perfect way to treat baby's upset tummy. Unfortunately, that case did not end well for the child, with a long road to recovery, if any recovery happens at all. Partial paralysis, cognitive delays as a result of extensive brain damage, and liver failure, just to name a few of the more obvious results of making your child drink essential oils to treat a sugar induced belly ache.

[@user-bg2oi4bz3p]

these are the same people that make their children take the quackcine.

[@melt3563]

The worst thing I've heard of along these lines is from a series of screenshots where a woman is asking a woo-woo facebook group to help her justify her decision to deny her newborn baby a vitamin K shot. A few weeks later she posted again that the baby was in the hospital for a brain bleed and she wanted her facebook friends to help her come up with an explanation for the bleed (people were suggesting that the baby had been vaxxed behind the parents' backs rather than acknowledging how important vitamin K is to preventing bleeds in babies). A week or so after that, she was posting that her baby MUST have been "poisoned" by the doctors behind her back and that there was little brain activity. She refused to listen any time a medical professional tried to explain why het baby's blood didn't clot.

[@BigBodyBiggolo]

Its weird how you make a sane comment but infuse it completely with you emotions. Peace

[@wendyamsterdam8482]

@@user-bg2oi4bz3p go away

[@user-bg2oi4bz3p]

@@wendyamsterdam8482 It will never go away until you wake up. Life insurance companies are reporting a 40 percent increase in non-convid fatalities in third quarter 2021 and continuing into the fourth quarter. Almost 100,000 increase in fatalities per month. What could the cause be? Where is the chubbyemu?

[@moonhowler667]

Your channel helps my family and I learn more about being safe regarding our bodies, and we don't have to pay a dime. Can't thank you enough, and I wish there were more youtubers like yourself.

[@firewaterbydesign]

I really did NOT expect that child to live through that incident. I am so VERY grateful that he survived!

[@BlueDart1971]

I’m glad he’s okay. I was worried that it was going to turn him into a multilevel marketer.

[@nicolecourtney8688]

Comment gold 🏅 😂

[@AnimeSunglasses]

I'm mad at myself for laughing... but I'm still laughing!

[@hollyshouse928]

When I was in college for care aide, my nursing instructor told me about a suicidal elderly resident she had. He had slashed his wrists before, so he was on watch. She said he came to her and told her he had drank a bottle of oil of Wintergreen, he didn't have dementia and was very decided he didn't want to live anymore.. He did die from drinking the oil of Wintergreen.

[@steakfilly5199]

I don’t know the story behind this, but I wish mental health at nursing homes needs to be made better. People never visit their grandparents and distant relatives sometimes, and that’s a problem. Next time you see your grandparents, tell them you love them. It could be your last chance. Elderly folk could pass at any moment and many times you can’t predict, but that doesn’t mean suicide isn’t common. It’s quite the opposite. I try to keep those in nursing homes in my thoughts.

[@Name-km6bx]

This is why we need to legalize assisted suicide. They should have been able to choose a safe, peaceful death.

[@aliveandwellinisrael2507]

@@Name-km6bx Or how about we address the mental illness.

[@peggedyourdad9560]

@@aliveandwellinisrael2507 Why not both? Have the first option for the terminally ill that don’t want to go out the slow and painful way and the second option for everyone else.

[@Name-km6bx]

@@aliveandwellinisrael2507 I believe that assisted suicide programs would have mental health programs tied on. Like, you’d need a professional to verify that either a. You’re sane and able to make that kind of decision or b. You’re not sane, but can’t be made better so it’s not reasonable to remove that choice from you, else c. You cannot go through with it.

[@prosaically]

I would've thought his freezing cold fresh breath would've been detectable from a couple feet away.

[@HeelysAC]

Monthly Chubbyemu makes me a little upset but the quality and effort of these videos make it worth it the wait!

[@Mike-st6dz]

Quality over quantity.

[@swordsmancs]

@@Mike-st6dz amen brother

[@drbettyschueler3235]

I had my four toddlers boys get into the alcohol I used for cleaning my pierced earrings. This was before the days of childproof caps, and we all got to spend a fun evening in the emergency ward. I never knew if they actually drank any of it but I found them, with the cap off the bottle, so I had to assume the worst. Fortunately, they all survived the experience but it gave me a few grey hairs.

[@liliumjade]

Rubbing alcohol doesn't have child resistant caps to this day surprisingly but glad they're okay! The best thing to do is lock all the cabinets around the house where you keep medication and chemicals with a child resistant locks. But even then small children can manage to unlock then so they're just deterrents. Nothing can replace parental supervision.

[@harmonicaveronica]

@@liliumjade I've heard that kids learn pretty young that clear bottles with bright liquid are yummy drinks and opaque bottles are not usually not edible. It's not foolproof so it obviously shouldn't be the only safety measure, but changing out your containers for cleaning chemicals to opaque ones can reduce risk of accidents

[@therealbuttsmcgee]

glad everyone was okay!

[@dgenerated]

It's kinda shocking child-proof caps are not on All toxic household products, cleansers, pill bottles, etc.. I don't have any children, so such a thing is rarely on my mind, unless I hear a story like this!.. Reminds me of the stickers from poison control they had when I was a kid "Mr Yuk" and while a novel idea, they tended to be counterproductive and (to my knowledge) are no longer used!?.

[@theclockworkcadaver7025]

@@harmonicaveronica That introduces another danger though. You lose the label detailing the ingredients - so if the child DOES get into the bottle, you only have whatever you wrote on the bottle to go by. Unless you take the labels off the originals and put them on...but you didn't say that and most people wouldn't think to do that.

[@eliz_scubavn]

I have virtually no medical knowledge beyond what I learned at school and yet I can understand these videos perfectly.

[@perhapsclem872]

it's the magic of chubby, mate.

[@gerardt3284]

Because he dumbed it down, lol.

[@sahraskellington1065]

I also don’t have any medical knowledge beyond what I learned in school, and I hardly understand anything in these videos 😂😂 I’m not saying the vids are difficult to understand, I‘m saying my schools didn’t teach me shit

[@TheRmbomo]

I think the real challenge is keeping all the information in your head at once, or being able to synthesize it on the spot. Simple once you know it, but I wouldn't know how to find it.

[@jz3712]

Love this guy, if he still works as a dr his patients won the medical lottery, wish there was more doctors like this guy in America! Thanks again for another great video! As a mom of three year old twins, I am very cautious thanks to you!

[@JennaGetsCreative]

I can't imagine the emotional pain that mother would have been going through between realizing what had happened and her son recovering. And even "child proof" caps aren't necessarily toddler proof. I remember when my daughter was 3 she opened a pharmacy prescription bottle containing amoxicillin capsules while I was in the washroom and when I came out I noticed a few of them in a doll's dish like play food. I frantically ran around gathering them all up and counting them. One was missing, another was wet like she'd tried it and spit it out. Thankfully the missing one was under the couch, but I didn't find it before calling poison control to make sure it wasn't a problematic dose for a kid her size just in case.

[@ThisIsKiki1]

Omg I feel for you and that poor mom-- accidents happen and they happen so fast with little kids!!! Hell, my kids could climb to top shelves and outsmart some child proof packaging; we have to keep meds and cleaning supplies in locked cupboards D: I'm so glad your little one didn't actually swallow the pills!

[@thenson1Halo]

I never had my son get into anything like this, but when he was 2 or 3 he liked to play a game where he would pretend to be falling/sliding off the end on my bed (it's not far, he could stand any time) and i'd pull him back up. Well, he did it one time and when I thought he wanted back up he decided it was time to slide back down. I didn't know anything happened as I pulled him back up he was quiet and I didn't pull hard at all, but then he raised his head and I saw the dreaded silent scream and then the scream came out. I knew what it was immediately, nursemaids elbow. And it was MY fault. I took him to the ER, on a weekend, with him nonstop crying. After about 45 minutes in the waiting room, and literally just as his name was being called, he sat up and started moving his arm like normal again and said he felt fine. The elbow had slowly slid back into place on its own. I've never been so relieved in my life.

[@greendragonfly4831]

When my son was 3 he could disarm all available cabinet locks and gates. Needless to say I never "baby talked" him and worked to develop very strong communication skills to keep him safe. Got very lucky that he was curious and active but not defiant. Having kids is so terrifying when they're mushy.

[@Cheepchipsable]

They learn quickly enough that the thing they couldn't do yesterday they can do easily tomorrow, and you don't know until they have done it.

[@greendragonfly4831]

@@Cheepchipsable Their neuroplasticity is astonishing

[@DualReaver11]

Having kids is immoral, you doomed your child to suffer

[@greendragonfly4831]

@@DualReaver11 Unlike fascists I love to plant trees I know I'll never taste the fruit of. Pls eat 2 liters fiber supplement as a dinner replacenent.

[@jaidengabriel1675]

@@DualReaver11 your existence is immoral

[@frantisekprusa4877]

As a medstudent with physiology as one of my main exams this year, I have found new unrealised value in your work Doctor Bernard. I am extremely grateful for this work you do and I believe it provides unparalled insight and expirience I would otherwise have nowhere to obtain.

[@elginbeloy6205]

@TheEditor107 Notice how you said "just a". I see how him being not an MD may be relevant given the comment above, but to say "just a" is funny. Yeah, Brenard, you're just a lousy professor in a medical adjacent field lmaoo

[@Razzy1312]

@@elginbeloy6205 Yeah, he's just brilliant with no fancy doctorate title. What a loser.

[@elginbeloy6205]

@@Razzy1312 are we being sarcastic together or are you being sarcastic at me thinking I wasn't being sarcastic? I'm bad at telling

[@YuChiGongG]

@TheEditor107 If he is a PhD, then it is proper for him to be addressed as "Doctor". Did you not ever attend a university?

[@stevenrodriguez763]

@TheEditor107 yea fuck that guy and his relevant information to the medical field.

[@judith8161]

Taking care of children really is a challenge that requires superhuman powers. Accidents do happen, even with the most attentive and careful parents. I'm glad the team at the ER was able to save the little boy, his mother could never have forgiven herself had something bad happened to her son. To all parents out there, give you kids a hug and have a wonderful day.

[@antigonepc]

I feel like you made this video for me specifically. My son who is almost 3 is fascinated with my essential oils and always wants to play with them. I keep them high on a shelf, but I think I'm going to find something with a lock. Thank you!

[@liukang1240]

Sounds like something a llama would say 🤨

[@craftypixel7992]

You sound suspiciously like a llama

[@NickanM]

Lock everything in. washing powder, other cleaning supplies and chemicals! The only thing I left out was a bottle of washing liquid for the dishes. I controlled that it was ecological and I tasted it ( 🤮) so it didn't taste good. It did not.... We put a lock on an old wardrobe, not beautiful but effective. A kid with something dangerous in his / her mouth runs or crawl 4 x faster from you, trust me.

[@GemstoneDragonPrincess24]

Get one of the locking medicine cases from the Walmart pharmacy if you have access to one or order one online. They are $10 for a small one and up to $50 for a larger one and have a combination locks built in. I use one for my medications since I take blood pressure meds and supplements that could be dangerous to children (L Tyrosine and 5 HTP) and the pharmacy doesnt always put child safe lids on the medicine I get from them (plus I have arthritis which doesnt help matters)

[@WiIdbiII]

Those of us who are old enough can remember the MR. YUK campaign and public service announcement by the poison control center. Most toddlers were terrified of him. The idea to make a child scared of him , and then put his face stickers on Poisons was brilliant and it seemed to work.

[@renoia3067]

this is the first i've heard of Mr. yuk but that is really really cute and such a good idea

[@TehAnshiTunes]

I remember those stickers!

[@catoverlords9560]

I've never heard of it before being from Europe, but I just Googled it and *wow*! I'm a 22 year old and that sticker gives me the heebie jeebies - I'm sure it was highly effective to repel kids from drinking random stuff under the sink. Damn, that face is creepy

[@gracefulkimberella]

Oh thank God for the full recovery!!! I don't usually get so sucked into the drama but this one really caught me! The sighs after hearing you say that he made a full recovery were entirely relieving!!

[@NoBox.]

This kid is gonna grow up to be the best multilevel marketer. "I almost died for my cause"

[@NewbGamingNetworks]

I’ve always wondered why your broll and 3d models are always so accurate to what’s happening in the story. It ups the production value and increases immersion in the story but it also seems like a ton of extra work. Wonderful videos as always.

[@DeathnoteBB]

I think he’s said before he films the b-roll himself

[@cymtk]

The sodium experiment is one thats demonstrated every single time its brought up. But-- I never get tired of how dedicated this channel is to describe and explain bio-stuff to people like me who understand very little about stuff like this. Its cool to learn about how the body works, and how different critical resources can be balanced. Long story short, I drink more water and feel a lot better lately lol

[@thegirlnextdork]

Yup, there's no getting around that iodine in the little plastic tube. :D In 100-level anatomy and physiology, we reviewed atomic structure and then dove right into diffusion for several weeks. Everything else builds on it. If you want to dive a little deeper, I think you'd enjoy the different types of diffusion. Once you know those, you can learn how every single organ works!

[@Ad1nfernum]

Definitely. I'm also now more conscious of how when you lose water under normal circumstances, you also lose electrolytes. I've applied this when I know I'm going to be drinking alcohol and I will supplement my water intake with sodium chloride and potassium chloride (you can buy the latter in the form of "salt substitutes" at the grocery store). I found that turned out to be the key to preventing hangovers. I know a lot of people drink Gatorade to prevent hangovers, but I honestly didn't fully grasp why it prevents hangovers until I started watching some of these videos.

[@Aetherian1]

TK is a young adult male presenting to the emergency room with multiple large bottles of water, unconscious. The medical team quickly discern that TK is suffering from polydipsia; "poly" meaning many, "dipsia" meaning thirst. Excessive thirst. His girlfriend tells the medical team that he had become paranoid about not drinking enough water after watching a certain medical youtuber. "I'll drink more water," he thought, "I'll feel a lot better." Shortly after doing so, he collapses with a splitting headache and his girlfriend brings him to the emergency room where we are now.

[@The_Obvious_Solution]

Ah, you mean the Soy Sauce Hot Dog experiment

[@Dlannin05]

@@Aetherian1 Lmao well done.

[@sohkrazed]

IVE MISSED YOU MAN!! I hope you've been staying healthy and well during this time frame of what's happening lately. Thank you for doing these videos; I, for one, greatly appreciate you.

[@terrellenglish873]

Never stop doing these vids. Your providing the world with a at hand guide to proper diagnosis’ in everyday life situations

[@DarkLadyPhoenix]

Holy crap was that a wild roller coaster ride. Props to the med team on this case. It is absolutely incredible what human beings can recover from.

[@undeadprincess5726]

The human body is incredibly sophisticated yet incredibly stupid. Humans can heal broken bones and over/under nutrition and worse than hell itself and bounce back within a few months. Yet somehow, the air passage and the food passage intersect at the top of the esophagus and you can choke on your own saliva.

[@nugboy420]

Waiting for the FULL recovery or A recovery was tense in this one. My son has HLHS and had 3 open heart surgeries, so I know what it’s like with a hospitalized child. Glad he made a FULL recovery.

[@FakeMaker]

I had an open heart surgery when I was 4 due to some kind of a defect. I'm now 22, and thinking about what my parents had to go through at the time is honestly unreal. I remember only bits and pieces from my time in the hospital, but one moment I remember as clearly and vividly as if it happened yesterday: the day when I was discharged from the hospital, it was a beautiful sunny day, me in the middle and my parents holding my hands and helping me walk (had to re-learn walking since I was bedridden for so long), and me being confused why they're smiling and crying at the same time. I wish only the best to your son and you, you're both really, really strong!

[@tag180rotax]

7:40 that line gave me chills down my spine

[@KLGChaos]

I will never forget as a kid, probably 5 or 6, my grandmother had brought over a bottle of grape juice... which was actually filled with kerosene. I stuck my finger in and took a taste and realized it was bitter. My dad noticed and thought I had taken a swig from the bottle and started panicking, trying to make me vomit while my mom was calling poison control. Took me 30 minutes to convince them that I just tasted it and didn't actually drink it. Never made that mistake again.

[@NotHPotter]

My oldest asked me the other day if WD-40 was an oil. I replied that, yes, it was petroleum based. She then declared WD-40 to be an essential oil.

[@nicholasneyhart396]

In my house wd40 is the only essential oil.

[@gchatz6480]

smart girl

[@aposslex]

@@gchatz6480 depends if the kid was 5 or 50

Tbh I love the smell of it so 🗿

[@cowboydoggo6168]

@@nicholasneyhart396 Classic libright

[@mercurymysprite]

I genuinely love the interwoven education and story presentation of these videos. There's a genuine anticipation you get in learning medical facts whilst simultaneously hoping the patient gets better in the end. It's great stuff!

[@puckchang8691]

moral of the story: we need artritis friendly safety caps

[@user-um4hi9bc2k]

My mom has edibles for arthritis and she put them in a different container bc she couldnt open the child safety caps. she figured its whatever because no babies or small children come to her house, but our dog managed to open the container somehow (we still have no idea i mean he doesnt even have hands like wtf) and ate a bunch of them. it seemed like he had a stroke but thankfully he was fine the next day. i'm sure this happens a LOT and leads to a lot of deaths

[@austinthrowsstuff]

Yeah dogs get literally “stoned” from thc

[@user-um4hi9bc2k]

@Hey Girl I Like Your Kitchen Romania if humans said “survival of the fittest” and did nothing to protect their children’s safety then nobody would live into adulthood. including you.

[@EmEm78]

@Hey Girl I Like Your Kitchen Romania some parents also have room temperature IQ (in celsius).

[@8stormy5]

@Hey Girl I Like Your Kitchen Romania "eugenics is fineeee"

[@beez1717]

I love how you translate the medical term. It makes it easier to understand the words being used and it helps understand what the issue is that's being talked about. It also assumes we are smart and can understand medical terms and they aren't scary words.

[@kyu-risayshi7532]

Ngl I was so relieved when he said “made a FULL recovery” cause I was ready for him to say the boy made “A recovery”

[@susannahdarby6698]

Same! So relieved for the little dude and his mum

[@JackWagonOne]

There needs to be spoiler tags on KZbin comments. 😂

[@kyu-risayshi7532]

@@JackWagonOne ah sorry lmao, at least it was a positive spoiler?

[@NaNaTT549]

@@JackWagonOne People shouldn't be in the comments before watching the video unless they're looking for spoilers. That's what the comments are for, for the folks that has already watched the video to discuss the video.

[@JackWagonOne]

@@NaNaTT549 you’re not my supervisor! 🤣

[@andymiller1820]

The salt bag is my favorite recurring character in this show

[@raejiisa4948]

I thought it was a cattail in water at first because my KZbin was in mini view.

[@galaxyanimal]

I think it's Soy Sauce, you csn kind of see the bottle in the corner.

[@Apoostrophe]

My brother drank some bleach related solution as a toddler while my dad was standing in the same room. He turned away for only a few minutes and when he turned back my brother had already gotten to it. Luckily he was fine after! But omg watch your kids, they are mischievous little critters.

[@MrNicoJac]

Crotch goblins*

[@Andytlp]

The toddler: ma dad was fiddling with some liquid and a cup, so i took that personally. My mission is to get to it and drink it at any cost without being seen. If he sees me acting fishy hell stop me!

[@xxyy1318]

@@MrNicoJac rude

[@OmarBKar-sw1ij]

@@MrNicoJac redditor spotted, i bet you love r/athiesm

[@Mart77]

90% of parenting is preventing a kid from committing suicide

[@dumbleking5172]

My mom once tried to convince me to drink a small bottle of essential oil for my bad stomach ache. This oil is commonly use as some sort of reliever and I'm pretty sure my mom thinks it would help if I drank the entire bottle directly. Being a teenager with the tendency to read warnings, I adamantly refused and I knew my mom wouldn't give up so easily so I read the ant sized words on it until I found the words " WARNING: For external use only!" After pushing a little more, she gave up. Edit: Oops, I forgot to mention, my mom has never been to high school so that probably explains why she's so stupid. And yes, she didn't bother to read the warnings and stuff. Even if you can't read the warning labels of a medicine, you should at least ask someone to read for you right? Not just forget about it and use it the way you wish.

[@el6227]

Wtaf thats messed up

[@KAWASAKlBLAZIN]

She tried to hurt you because those things are known to be very concentrated and you pretty much NEVER use a whole bottle at one for anything even tho it is a small bottle. Next time, tell your mom to drink some first ;) or just educate her that you cannot drink it

[@LunaRuna212]

Wait how is it even possible to not go to high school? In my country (Germany) law enforcement would get involved because we have a 12 year long obligation to go to some form of school. One of my former classmates had tried to drop out early and was taken to school by authorities for a while and at some point she was sentenced to some amount of hours doing community service, because she kept not showing up to class. She was also sent to a therapist. I have no idea how she is doing now, as she was kicked out of school at some point and she went to another school then. So while it is possible here to not go to high school I guess, it would be extremely stressful, because you would keep getting punished all the time.

[@mariejuana2993]

@@LunaRuna212 Maybe they are from a third world country. I know in some third world countries where they really struggle with money, the give the best of everything to the men, so maybe she had a brother and they only had enough money to send the brother to school while his mom had to stay home and learn how to cook and clean and grow food etc

[@LunaRuna212]

@@mariejuana2993 for some reason I doubt that essential oils are that popular in third world countries, but how would I know. I have this stereotype in my mind that people who tend to shit on modern medicine and use esoteric methods instead are too spoiled by the comfort given in first world countries with functional healthcare systems

[@RaynmanPlays]

>He drank three times the lethal dose >His mother had no idea what had happened >And he made a full recovery A living testament to his doctors' knowledge and quick thinking.

[@videotoblin]

and the resilience of the human body

[@jonnywilson9117]

@@videotoblin Yes but technically no. His body was overwhelmed. He didn't survive because the resilience of the human body. He simply survived because of medical intervention. Without it, he wouldn't be here. Had he received it 15 minutes later, there no doubt would've been lasting damage. Brain damage, more than likely. Yes the human body is resilient, and it was able to recover, but only after the medical team doing what his body wasn't able to do, again, because it was overwhelmed.

[@Bit-while_going]

"Well, they're essentially just oils." he told himself and he cracked his eggs into the hot skillet full of peppermint oil.

[@beckiehubley5798]

My daughter almost drank essential oil as a toddler. We were at my mom's house, making bath salts and bath bombs with some of my mom's friends. We had an open bottle sitting there...and my daughter darts in and grabs it and puts it to her mouth. It was scary, but the bottle was still full. My mom is a retired nurse, and one of her friends was still working as a nurse...so with 2 nurses there, I felt much better when they said there was no way she got enough of whatever oil it was to worry about. We didn't leave it open again.

[@eerovenakko3375]

Dont make Bath salts around kids

[@beckiehubley5798]

@eero venakko the essential oil is really the only issue...if we'd not left the bottle open (and believe me we kept it closed when not in use after that) it would have been fine. It's just Epsom salt and table salt. It's a great project for young school age kids with supervision.

[@kenshinphd]

@@eerovenakko3375 You're missing the point.

[@Owlbutterfly]

I don't see the point of making bath salts as an activity for kids. Teens and young adults would be interested in that but kids are not gonna understand or care about bath salts . Most adults don't even use bath salts !

[@UniversalMinds]

@UCzVOQS6R0nkCkB29Aswh4HQ You seem to misunderstand what is meant by "bath salts" here. It's not what you think it means.

[@GrimmDisturbed]

the way you explain things in these videos is actually incredible, kudos to you for putting everything into layman's terms for us !

[@colleensibayan3817]

My daughter is 17 months and has gotten “child safe” bottles open many times. Thankfully we have caught her every time before something happened, but I learned my lesson. Put things up high. Don’t leave your kid alone. Assume the worst case scenario if you see something open.

[@tabora_]

I swear most child proof items are useless. But some I haven't even been able to figure out with the instructions in front of me

[@HJ-yj4xj]

Children will climb up and get to them. When I was I child I used to climb up and get shit. One time I drank high concentrated bleach as a child even though it was high and a child safe cap.... lock things with keys people. I'm perfectly fine but you MUST BE CAREFUL. DONT LEAVE THEM. 10more mins and I wouldn't be here

[@LawnOfCorn]

@@tabora_ And yet some seem to be so fucking hard to open but a 4 year old is able to do it straight away?? like wtf man am i just that weak 😩😩

[@YuBeace]

"Because wherever sodium is, water will flow towards it" OH HERE WE GO!!! In all seriousness, I appreciate how honest this case is. How everything that happened wasn't some dumb Darwin-award type stuff, but there is actually very logical and normal things happening here. But that also makes it extra terrifying; toddlers are always finding a way to get into trouble...

[@MrSephirothJenova]

Dude, it is astounding how dumb kids can be sometimes. They're like little unwittingly-suicidal gremlins. I'm allowed to say this because I too was this dumb at one point. My electrical outlet says hi.

[@ldo1308]

@@MrSephirothJenova you're right. My toddler unwittingly succeeded.😔 Toddlers are insatiably curious, quick and get into everything. Can't look away for even minutes. Things happen fast

[@Saezimmerman]

Very true. My neighbors found out their toddler could reach and operate the front door lock when I rang the doorbell with his hand in mine. (They thought he had been napping.)

[@Saezimmerman]

@Silverman According to my brother, he saved my life a few times at toddler age. In my defense, car keys go in small holes… electrical outlets have small holes. Also, the snake I found was very pretty with bright colors.

[@mc_va]

@@ldo1308 sorry to ask, are you saying that your toddler passed away? Did I read that wrong?

[@sitcomchristian6886]

Man, kids are so quick. My son fell off the side of couch with me literally right there to prevent exactly that. I'm pretty neurotic about my children's safety, and insist on checking all the boxes I know to check. Why not, right? But the essential oils could use more protection. I never imagined they would get into them, but they totally could. Now to find a new place for them...

[@snowps1]

Yep, I laid my infant on the seat in the car to change her diaper years ago. I was standing right there unfolding the diaper. All it took was 2 seconds of me turning my head to say something to my husband for her to roll off the seat and onto the ground. She was ok thankfully.

[@whoscatimi7590]

@@snowps1 are babies that much of a pain yo take care of?

[@gothfetus2844]

@@whoscatimi7590 i don't have kids but I've taken care of kids my whole life and they are absolutely that much of a pain to take care of lol

[@Trumpetsoundministries]

My sister fell off the bed and broke her arm and my mom merely looked away

[@ombricshalazar3869]

kids are exceptionally quick my mother tells me a story of when i was a young toddler i somehow managed to reach onto a tall countertop and knocked her lunch onto the floor, in the process somehow completely dodging what should have by all means been a bowl to the head

[@Jackson-pu7gd]

Really glad to hear that he was able to make a full recovery. It always makes me sad when the video ends with "was able to make 'a' recovery".

[@unmitigatedgall8732]

Really interesting and informative as per usual. Thanks Doc! 👍 Note to those with cats, re: essential oils: Apparently, even when these are added to water in a diffuser, they pose a hazard to cats. The mist from the diffuser lands on the cat, who then eventually grooms himself by licking his fur. This is enough to prove toxic, since the cat's body can't process the oil into a harmless form. The article I read went on to say that this would not be harmful to dogs or people, since our systems can handle it. Needless to say, however, no species should drink these oils!

[@kefpull6676]

grapes, chocolate too...

[@Cillana]

Essential oils in water diffusers are bad for pet rabbits and birds too. Not only do rabbits groom themselves like cats, they are more prone to illness due to inhaling chemicals. Pet birds are even more sensitive to inhaled things than rabbits.

[@charlottebuddhistvihara1354]

Several years ago my friend's previously healthy cat kept getting mysteriously ill. The vet found nothing wrong, and kitty'd improve awhile then worsen. When I realized that my friend was heavily using essential oils by constantly misting her room, I told her my concern for her cat. She shrugged it off. Kitty soon died for no known reason, and my friend never made the connection. She then gave to me a misting set w/ a supply of several essential oils - which remained unopened as I wasn't going to poison my own cats. It's still in a closet somewhere.

[@scuttledspatula8837]

@@charlottebuddhistvihara1354 Bit of a wtf moment in that your friend gave you a misting set.

[@Gamesaucer]

This reminds me of the alcohol poisoning bug in the game Dwarf Fortress. At some point, there was an update that would let cats groom themselves, and suddenly everyone's cats started dying from being poisoned. In that game, as creatures walk around they can track fluids behind them or get covered in them. So as cats get covered in very small amounts of alcohol from interacting with spilled beer, they would ingest it whenever they next groom themselves. Normally, all would have been fine at this point. Who cares if cats get a bit tipsy occasionally, right? Well, it was more than "a bit". There was a mistake in the code keeping track of the amount cats ingest during grooming. Each time a cat covered in alcohol cleaned itself, it would ingest a full pint of beer. And even this would have been fine if it weren't for the fact that the game also takes into account body mass when simulating intoxication. Since cats are so small, a full pint of beer is highly toxic to them. That game always amazes me with how in-depth its simulation is. This is the kind of thing I'd never expect to learn from a game before it came up in real life.

[@archentity]

I just realized how cool it is that Chubbyemu uses rhythmic repetition with his cadence in his videos to help what we learn stick in our memory. And it just so happens that one of, if not the best, way we can remember what we hear is through songs which are also a form of rhythmic repetition.

[@CalmnessHeartsease]

Its his signature

[@crocus8080]

Repetition legitimizes

[@EnDeRBeaT]

@@crocus8080 Repetition legitimizes

[@bunnywavyxx9524]

yes he does! I always noticed this but never knew how to vocalize it!

[@ryokokofficial]

Ah yes, another episode of "how did i make it out of my own childhood alive when everything in my house was dangerous?"

[@ryokokofficial]

@@CoryPchajek Well thats why i said what i said, my parents were completely absent. I spent a few years in Florida swimming in swamps. The fact that household chemicals, or alligators, or that brain eating Aomeba didnt get me with the way things were, is incredible the more I learn on this channel.

[@aazhie]

My sister drank Barbie perfume right in front of me and our mom. She was old enough to explain, "Hot, HOT!" Mom called poison control and she was fine, but it makes a pretty hilarious story in hindsight.

[@CrochetDHD]

As a mother to a 3 year old boy, I have never been more anxious to hear the outcome of one of these videos. I am not ashamed to admit that I cried with relief when you said he made a full recovery.

[@teas.9566]

i went through the comments too see... this was so terrifying

[@SRWJ]

My mother is an aromatherapist. She often told me how dangerous it was as a child, I never, ever remember seeing them. She always kept them hidden. She's told me many horror stories about people who don't respect/treat oils as dangerous or fully understand the properties/what's poisonous/what burns skin ect. Poor lil guy, I really wish essential oils either came with more education or are made harder to obtain by average folk who don't know what they're doing... For instance, if mum wasn't an aromatherapist she wouldn't of known that my reaction to lavender was a rare allergic reaction (I go extremely hyper, not calm). And potentially, she would of kept giving me something I am allergic to because everyone thinks lavender js great for calming and no one knows that you can be allergic... Anyway! Rant over.

[@GeeklingNo1]

I feel like the way the doctors disregard essential oils is really dangerous actually. Essential oils have been used for centuries as medicines and shouldn’t be disregarded. Are they as good as synthetic medication? No. Will they replace modern medicine? No. However, I cannot disregard the fact that they are medicinal in nature and should be treated like any over the counter pill. I appreciate that he didn’t just say she used essential oils and that’s bad. He said that essentially what she had was a bottle of aspirin and worked for what she needed but was not safe to ingest. It has the same danger as if a child got a hold of a whole bottle of aspirin and you can’t just disregard the fact that it is an ingredient in medicines. Edit: oils aren’t replacements for modern medicine. But pretending like they do nothing leads to a bunch of ppl without any medical background using medicinal herbs with no instructions or dose regulations. Medicinal herbs and oils have been effectively used for centuries. We use those herbs to make modern medicines; Morphine originally came from poppies, belladonna is used to dilate our eyes, and the essential oil blend in this video is used as a pain reliever/aspirin.

[@jeremygilbert7989]

@@GeeklingNo1 There's not a single empirically tested study that suggests essential oils are capable of anything more than a placebo effect. Essential oils are a scam, plain and simple.

[@primetimehome]

@@GeeklingNo1 some of them have medicinal effects like how tea tree oil is anti bacterial but for modern life and for modern people especially some mothers they see these oils as replacements for the treatments and medicines we have today which they are not, they aren’t nearly as effective and these mothers will often use these oils on their children as substitutes while not getting them actual medical help when they need it, you often see a correlation between those who use essential oils obsessively and those who are anti-vax

[@Elmindrida]

Do you happen to know if the reason you get energetic from lavender is because it increases the histamine in your body/brain? Given that anti-histamines make you tired and are in anti-allergy medications, and some medications given to decrease sleepiness do this by increasing histamine activity in the brain, I'm curious if that might be the cause.

[@estefanylopez453]

@@jeremygilbert7989 did u not watch this video, he says topically this essential oil is a safe and effective remedy for arthritis.

[@bunneenee5867]

omg, my heart was pounding through the whole case and I could only settle down after Dr. Bernard said BB made a full recovery. Poor child =(

[@ho-ry5uf]

lol this shows that you don't follow him or watch any of his videos. There arent dead people or sth on his channel it's always happy ending

[@swhad2880]

​@@ho-ry5uf yeah, such as permanent brain damage or partial organ shutdown in cases of "A recovery", really happy.

[@stasispeach]

@@ho-ry5uf wrong. Lady that spilled a chemical on her hand died. So did the student that ate old spaghetti

[@Pdnorell]

This is the most informative and fascinating channel on KZbin in my opinion. The content is just amazing but the delivery is so good. I'm sure at least a few people have become toxicologists, or doctors, because of this dude's work. Keep on.

[@88ひびき]

the comment i saw above yours happened to detail someone going back into becoming a toxicologist because of chubbyemu, lol

[@B-Th-Change]

Poor kid, and poor mommy…any parent would be distracted by their boss. Kids are soooo fast and it’s super easy to think that a kid would spit something like that out cause of its taste. I have sadly had to see aspirin overdoses. Thank God he recovered

[@Dgarays]

Yeap parenting is hard!! You pretty much has to become a surveillance camera. Any second you look away they get in trouble… I’m just very glad they child made it out ok!!! 🙏🏻

[@JNCressey]

not any parent sets up a chemistry lab in their lounge where they're mixing concentrated medicines.

[@kuzehotarubi6912]

The problem here isn’t about parenting is hard, it’s actually taking care of what you are doing. Never ever assumed anything. She should not assume that her son will not do it when changing the cap. It’s like you will start taking care of where you put the knives and scissors just in case the toddlers become curious about them. Mixing these chemicals could be done on the kitchen counter or inside the sink, you can never be too careful. I have heard stories about toddlers died from consuming dangerous chemicals right in front of the parents in a moment of them being careless.

[@robertowen8281]

Mommy is just plain stupid!! I'm sorry to say it but you don't even have to be semi intelligent to realise they put safety lids on things that will be dangerous for a child to consume!!! To just think "it must be OK" without checking it's chemical composition and what that does to humans if ingested first, is beyond ridiculous imo!!! I can understand the other lapses with the boss etc but not keeping the propper lids and putting them back on first is ridiculous!! Its Like not fitting a stair gate because you only have 5 steps and presuming an injury is unlikely from that height without consulting a person who actually knows etc!!

[@Outwardpd]

If the mom hadn't tried to be a doctor to herself none of this ever would've happened.

[@kimicappiello5480]

Tbh, I used to work in a lab that used teatree oil. Straight teatree oil is (I could be wrong, this was a long time ago) about 80% turpenols... nature's turpentine. I use it on my psoriasis, but it is very diluted. If you use these oils, it is important to know wtf you are doing, how it works, and how to clean it up.

[@RippingBones]

absolutely. I own lots of essential oils from doterra and my doterra girl always preached about being very very cautious regarding the dilution. It's the first thing that I've learned.

[@liesdamnlies3372]

I mean…they come with MSDS’. One would hope that would be fairly cautionary for people.

[@sofiaroman1844]

Ooooh, that explains why it ate into my nail varnish! Thanks for the tid bit.

[@JuMiKu]

@@RippingBones Whoo boy. Another can of worms. Sorry, but your doterra consultant may (probably) know absolutely nothing about chemistry (only about being scammed). Sale by laypeople should be outlawed completely. They are used for and advertised as medicinal products, so they should be sold solely in apothecaries. Maybe then people would start taking these things more seriously, too.

[@gur262]

But. Turpentine is natural.

[@BeerdyBruceLeeCentral]

I love these videos, great job Dr Bernard.

[@michaelg1237]

I don't these are cringe af

[@Cycles42]

@@michaelg1237 what if you die from cases like these that are left under-the-radar?

[@denske1272]

@@michaelg1237 if you could only understand the full weight, scope, and breadth of what he is saying, the complexity of the human body and the field of science that has worked so hard to understand so we could save ourselves from losing children like this is so awe-inspiring and amazing....not cringe

[@alliyahbegum597]

@@michaelg1237 wow you’re so different and unique good for you😐

[@alecfongy3175]

@@michaelg1237 Shut up

[@macledou]

The child laughing at the end got me all emotional, glad BB survived